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murder mystery

murder mystery noun: a subgenre of crime fiction in which characters must investigate and solve a murder.

Noun

murder mystery (plural murder mysteries)

  1. A subgenre of crime fiction in which characters must investigate and solve a murder.
  2. A game in which one or more players are tasked with killing off all other players, who in turn must identify the murderers and vote them out or otherwise remove them from the game.

Forms of murder mystery

pluralmurder mysteries

Questions about murder mystery

What does murder mystery mean?
Murder mystery means a subgenre of crime fiction in which characters must investigate and solve a murder.
What part of speech is murder mystery?
Murder mystery is a noun.
What is the plural of murder mystery?
The plural of murder mystery is murder mysteries.

Words near murder mystery in the dictionary

  1. murder log
  2. murder logs
  3. murder mitten
  4. murder mittens
  5. murder mysteries
  6. murder mystery
  7. murder noodle
  8. murder noodles
  9. murder one
  10. murder one's darlings
  11. murder rap

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